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Want to take your connectivity to the next level? And in style as well? Well, here's the Adonis cable, a USB-C cable with USB4 2.0 support that enables both intense speeds and ultra fast charging.

The Adonis cable comes with bi-directional 80 Gbps and unidirectional 120 Gbps transfer rates, which is ideal for content creators that are transferring large 4K video files from one device to another. Moreover, the Adonis Cable comes with PD 3.1 (Power Delivery), which means users are able to take advantage of 240W of ultra-fast charging capabilities. Future writes that using an Adonis Cable users are able to charge a MacBook Pro up to 56% in just 30 minutes.

Not only are content creators able to transfer large files in blazing fast speeds, but the Adonis Cable also comes with dual 8K at 60Hz display support, or 4K at 240Hz. The features don't stop there as AOHi has equipped the Adonis Cable with Thunderbolt 5 compatability and support for next-gen AI/AR/VR connectivity. What's under the hood that's powering all this juicy performance? A 16-core coaxial design with an E-Marker smart chip.

Apple launched a flurry of new products this week, with its new Mac Studio powered by its new M3 Ultra processor, and boy, what a chip it is.

The new Apple M3 Ultra processor combines 2 x M3 Max chips together, where they act as one: doubling the CPU core count, GPU core count, and performance through the roof, rivaling its new M4 processor. Apple's new M3 Max processor features up to 32 cores of CPU (24 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores) which is the highest number of CPU cores on a Mac to date (inside of the new Mac Studio powered by M3 Max).

Not only that, but the M3 Ultra chip has up to 80 GPU cores ensuring top-tier Mac gaming performance, and the most amount of GPU cores on Apple Silicon, ever. 96GB of unified RAM is the norm on the Apple M3 Max chip, but you can configure (for much more money) up to 512GB of unified RAM (!!!) while SSD storage can be ballooned up to 16TB inside of the new Mac Studio.

Apple's first-gen foldable iPhone is in the headlines again, with reports that it'll be a "true AI-driven iPhone" that will be a "top-tier iPhone" with the first foldable iPhone expected to be priced at between $2000 and $2500 when it launches in late-2026.

In a new post on Medium, insider Ming-Chi Kuo predicts what we'll see with Apple's first foldable iPhone. The insider says it'll be a true AI-driven iPhone -- hopefully, as Apple has well and truly fumbled AI with Siri and Apple Intelligence failures -- with multimodal functionality and cross-app integration being the trends in AI device use cases.

The larger screen enhances the AI experience says Kuo, enabling scenarios like chatting with a chatbot about travel plans while viewing a full map app at the same time. Apple's first foldable will be a "top-tier iPhone" that will leverage the iPhone's status as a must-have device and Apple's loyal fanbase, are expected to generate strong replacement demand -- no matter the price -- provided that Apple meets quality standards.

Here we go again: NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 50 Laptop GPU series are reportedly going through the missing ROPs saga as well, with new reports suggesting next-gen gaming laptops could be delayed.

In a new report from German outlet Heise who has been in contact with multiple laptop manufacturers, companies are working overtime to make sure all RTX 50 Laptop GPUs are tested before shipping out to customers. NVIDIA reportedly instructed these laptop manufacturers to inspect already-made laptops to ensure all ROPs are on those new Blackwell laptop GPUs.

Heise reports: "as we have learned from several notebook manufacturers, they are currently working overtime in the Far East to prevent the drama from escalating into the next act: NVIDIA has instructed manufacturers to inspect already-produced notebooks with the new mobile GeForce RTX 5000 graphics chips. The focus is on GPUs where fewer ROPs are active than specified in the datasheet. This can lead to potentially significant losses in 3D performance".

Sabrent has just unveiled its first massive-capacity SSD with the introduction of the Rocket Enterprise PCIe 4.0 U2/U.3 NVMe SSD which has been designed for the enterprise with high-intensity workloads.

The new Sabrent Rocket Enterprise SSD comes in capacities of between 1.92TB up to a huge 30.72TB, with up to 7GB/sec (7000MB/sec) sequential reads and up to 6.8GB/sec (6800MB/sec) sequential writes, with up to 1600K IOPS for 4K random reads. It has everything you need for AI workloads, server applications, and large-scale data management.

Sabrent's massive 30.72TB SSD is built to withstand up to one drive write per day (DWPD) at up to over 56PBW with the 30.72TB model. UBER is at <1 sector per 10^18 bits read with an MTBF of 2.5M hours. The drive is also durable to survive various environments. This is not your usual retail consumer SSD. It supports E2E metadata protection, namespaces, and power loss protection (PLP) as well as NVMe-MI over SMBus and VPD. The drive also has intelligent thermal management to protect data.

AMD is reportedly cooking up a tweaked RDNA 4 card that AIB partners have teased is being called "Ultimate Navi 48" behind the scenes, and now we're hearing leaks about it just as Radeon RX 9070 series graphics cards are hitting shelves.

In a new video from leaker Moore's Law is Dead, a US retailer source of his said that he was told AIBs have been briefed on a potential "Ultimate Navi 48" SKU that could launch in Q2 2025 (in the next few months) that would be aimed solidly between NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5080 graphics cards.

We don't know what RDNA 4 GPU clock speeds to expect, whether we'll see more VRAM (24GB, 32GB), or whether it'll be a highly-tuned, pushed-to-its-limits Radeon RX 9000 series GPU. We could expect higher GPU clocks of somewhere between 3.2GHz and 3.4GHz, higher GDDR6 memory clocks, and a more unleashed TDP of higher than 340W for the "Ultimate Navi 48" SKU.

AMD's new Radeon RX 9070 series "RDNA 4" GPUs are here, with one major US retailer having 27 x the RTX 5070 launch supply of Radeon RX 9070 series GPUs ready to go.

In a new post from leaker Moore's Law is Dead who has spoken to numerous US retailer sources, the new Radeon RX 9070 XT has a rather healthy supply compared to NVIDIA's just-launched GeForce RTX 5070. One particular retailer said that compared to the RX 9070 XT, they have 8 x 5080, 10 x 5070 Ti, 14 x 5090, and 27 x 5070 launch supply.

This means if you add up the entire fleet of RTX 50 series GPU launch supply, AMD has beaten that with a combined factor of 3x for RDNA 4 cards. Not only that, but this source also said they were told that they should expect shipments of new RDNA 4 cards every week for months that's "equal to 5080 launch supply".

AMD's next 3D V-Cache Zen 5 processors, the Ryzen 9 9950X3D and 9900X3D, are purportedly set to arrive on March 12.

VideoCardz provided the scoop with this one, and apparently the info comes directly from AMD over in China.

The tech site has published some presentation slides for these top-end Ryzen 9 X3D models which carry the March 12 launch date, but we can't know for sure if this material is genuine (though it looks authentic enough).

If you are one to keep your Xbox up to date, then you may want to beware of the latest patch, as reports have surfaced it's causing Xbox consoles to be reset back to factory settings.

Xbox owners who have opted into the Insider program, which enables entered-in consoles to receive updates before they have reached the public, are reporting a faulty update that is causing Xbox profiles to be removed, console settings to be reset, and Quick Resume data to also be removed. Notably, the Xbox Insiders program is split into two tiers, Alpha, and Alpha Skip-Ahead. Reports indicate users in both of these tiers are experiencing these issues with the latest update.

Users are taking to Reddit to voice their concerns, with one user writing in the /r/XboxInsiders subreddit, "Came home to my Xbox today after work and found my console had factory reset itself after it automatically downloaded update 2504.250227-2200. Biggest bug I've ever seen release in all my years of being in the preview program!"

The graphics card war between stock and prices has now involved AMD with its newly released RX 9070 models quickly selling out of retailers and prices already jumping above MSRP.

If you were planning on getting a RX 9070 XT at the MSRP of $599.99 across the US, it will most likely be extremely difficult, and that also goes for the RX 9070, as Newegg has immediately sold out of stock, along with Best Boy, Micro Center, and Amazon. In what should have been a home run hit against NVIDIA, AMD is going to be experiencing the same blowback by consumers caused stock problems for its latest generation of graphics cards, and now reports indicate prices for AMD's 9070 models are expected to increase following the stock being exhausted for its first shipment of the new GPUs.

Swedish retail chain Inet.se explained the MSRP will only be applied to a limited number of cards, and these prices only apply to the first shipment of each model. Additionally, it will depend on the brand as well, with Inet writing, "For Sapphire and ASUS it will be just as usual, we have only received one shipment and you can buy it until it runs out, but with PowerColor it will be different. Our second shipment from PowerColor is already waiting, and we cannot offer it at MSRP prices."

The Gears of War Collection is rumored to be releasing without multiplayer PVP, but will come with co-op functionality in its campaign, according to industry insider Detective Seeds.

The rumors surrounding the Gears of War Collection began when Detective Seeds, who is mostly known for sharing deals related to games on X, shook things up by posting an announced Gears of War Collection will be released on PlayStation in mid-August and it will be arriving without multiplayer. If true, this would mark the first time Microsoft has gatekept the multiplayer of a ported-over title from PlayStation users.

While the source of the news wasn't totally credible, the post caused enough stir for JezCorden, a journalist for Windows Central and a known source for insider news, to chime in and say he's been hearing the same thing - no PVP multiplayer for Gears of War Collection.

It's official, we're off to the GPU races - again, following the RTX 5070 going on sale yesterday (or rather, pretty much being a no-show) - but this time it's AMD's RX 9070 models bursting out of the gate.

Unfortunately, for those of you hoping to get an RX 9070 XT today at the MSRP of $599.99 in the US, it seems that isn't going to happen. And the same is true for the RX 9070, sadly, although that did have more stock by all accounts (or perhaps the same level of stock, but less demand).

Newegg immediately sold out of the Sapphire Pulse, XFX Swift, and GIGABYTE Gaming models of the RX 9070 XT which were the boards listed at the MSRP by the retailer.

Minecraft Dungeons was released in 2020, and since then, it has moved more than 25 million copies, which is a pretty good indicator that a sequel would be in consideration by the developers Mojang.

While there hasn't been anything official about a Minecraft Dungeons sequel, a new leak from reliable Marvel Rivals insider, XoX_LEAK states a sequel to Minecraft Dungeons has been in development for two years under the codename "Project Spicewood". Additionally, the leaker wrote in a recent X post that Mojang is targeting the release to be sometime in Q2 2026. Moreover, the leaker states the sequel will have a variety of main areas and points of interest for players to explore, with some of the names being: Honeycomb Fields, Desert, and Forest.

Within Honeycomb Fields player can expect the following POIs: Undermill, Farm, Island, Lake, Fields, and Forest. Within Desert: Cliff, Fortress, Mountain, Village, and Icelagoon. Within Forest: Deep dark entrance, Outpost entrance, Witchzone, and Shady Forest Town. Giving the post some more credibility was seemingly some leaked images. One of some gameplay and the other some artwork.

OpenAI is reportedly gearing up to release specialized AI agents that can be hired for as much as $20,000 per month, according to a recent article by The Information.

The article states that OpenAI is planning on releasing several "agent" products that specialize in various professions. These AI agents will vary in price depending on their specialization. For example, an AI agent software engineer could cost approximately $2,000 per month, with another software AI developer costing as much as $10,000 per month. The publication states that the most expensive AI agent could cost as much as $20,000 per month and would come with knowledge proportionate to "Ph.D.-level research."

It's unclear when these AI agents will be released or if the aforementioned prices are set in stone, but SoftBank, an OpenAI investor, has committed to spending as much as $3 billion on OpenAI agent products in 2025. It appears OpenAI will need a $20,000 per month subscription, as the company paid as much as $5 billion in running costs for its products last year, among other expenses.

AYANEO has created several impressive PC gaming handhelds in recent years, with products packed with the latest hardware and specs to rival some of the most advanced portable devices on the market. It's latest takes a different approach, one steeped in retro gaming history with a look and feel inspired by Nintendo's popular pocket-sized Game Boy Micro handheld from 2025.

The AYANEO Pocket MICRO Classic even ships with the popular deep red and gold color scheme of the Game Boy Micro and Nintendo's iconic Game & Watch handhelds from the early 1980s. It is a modern portable Android gaming handheld with a larger 3.5-inch screen than the Game Boy Micro's 2-inch display.

The IPS display features a resolution of 960x640, 330PPI pixel density, and 100% sRGB coverage, making it perfect for emulating GBA titles with 4X the native resolution. It's no secret that this device was built for playing retro titles and classic games as the CNC full metal body only includes a D-Pad and four face buttons.

FragPunk is a new free-to-play hero shooter launching this week, with the game's unique spin on the genre being the addition of powerup cards to collect and play that will transform your character on the battlefield. From giving everyone a big head (to make it easier to get headshots) through to turning your bullets into fire or chain lightning, it sounds fun, but time will tell if it finds an audience. Visually, it looks a lot like Arcane.

The game is launching with full DLSS 4 support, including the new transformer model for DLSS Super Resolution, Frame Generation, and the latest Multi Frame Generation (MFG) technology exclusive to the new GeForce RTX 50 Series. As with all new and notable DLSS titles, NVIDIA has presented internal benchmark results for FragPunk showcasing native rendering and DLSS performance.

However, as impressive as 500 FPS in 4K and 625 FPS in 1440p on the GeForce RTX 5090 sound, it's not a practical or realistic stat because displays with these refresh rates don't exist. If you've got a GeForce RTX 5090, you'll want to cap Frame Generation performance in 4K so it matches your display's refresh rate.

Corsair and its two pre-built gaming PC arms, Vengeance and Origin, are getting out and ahead of the controversial "missing ROPs" situation with NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50-series GPUs.

The missing ROPs (Render Output Units / Raster Operation Pipelines) are physical components found in GPUs that can affect the overall performance of the graphics card, depending on the task/game. More technically, they are one of the final stages of the GPU pipeline before the data is sent to the monitor for viewing. What was discovered is that some RTX 40-series GPUs were shipping to customers with less than the advertised number of ROPs, which can translate to less performance.

While this is extremely bad for customers looking to buy an RTX 50-series GPU, as they will now have a random element to account for when purchasing, it's also bad for System Integrators (SI's), which are companies such as Origin PC, and Vengance, two subsidiaries of Corsair. These companies specialize in the integration of PC components and ship pre-built PCs to customers. Corsair responded to the missing ROPs situation by announcing it's getting out and ahead of the problem by implementing extra quality assurance testing for its products across Origin and Vengeance lines.

GeForce Game Ready Driver 572.70 is here, and the big thing it adds is support for the new GeForce RTX 5070 GPU, which launches this week with prices starting from $549. To look at how it performs in 1440p gaming, check out our full review of the GeForce RTX Founders Edition here. As our review went live ahead of the launch, to see how it stacks up against the Radeon RX 9070 and Radeon RX 9070 XT, be sure to check out our review of the GIGABYTE Radeon RX 9070 GAMING OC here.

Outside of new hardware this week, Grand Theft Auto V Enhanced made its PC debut, with the most popular game of all time adding support for ray-traced ambient occlusion, ray-traced global illumination lighting, ray-traced shadows, and ray-traced reflections. That's a lot of ray-tracing, and GeForce RTX gamers also gain access to DLSS Super Resolution support and NVIDIA Reflex. GeForce Game Ready Driver 572.70 adds day one support for this free GTA 5 upgrade.

The latest GeForce Game Ready Driver also adds support for a brand-new free-to-play game dropping tomorrow with DLSS 4 support and fixes the recent "black screen" issue reported by several GeForce RTX owners.

The voice actor for Black Panther in the upcoming Marvel 1943: Rise of the Hydra has revealed when the game is slated for release.

According to Khary Payton, the voice actor for Black Panther, the developers at Skydance New Media are currently still working hard at bringing to life the upcoming game, but it appears the development is getting reasonably close to the end, as Payton said in a recent interview with The Direct that "We're planning on 2025... We're thinking like a Christmas situation." For those who have happened to miss Marvel 1943: Rise of the Hydra, the game is being developed in Unreal Engine 5 and was originally unveiled at the Games Developers Conference (GDC) by Epic Games.

The game is set to take players back to the 1940s when Captain America and Azzuri, T'Challa's grandfather and the Black Panther of the 1940s, will need to overcome their differences and form an alliance to confront their common enemy. Furthermore, the above trailer shows both hereos fighting each other and alongside one another, with the additional of Gabrial Jones of the Howling Commandos and Nanali, a Wakandan spy embedded in Occupied Paris.

This is more opinion than news, but after reviewing close to 20 new GPUs so far in 2025, the new Sapphire's NITRO+ AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT has stood out with one of the most impressive designs we've seen in a long time. When we reviewed Sapphire's NITRO+ Radeon RX 7800 XT we marveled at its "exceptional physical design and build quality," but the new Radeon RX 9070 XT variant is something else.

As a premium OC model with an out-of-the-box Boost Clock speed of 3060 MHz and an updated complete metal build with stunning RGB light strip, Sapphire has not only improved the GPU's look with a more modern minimal industrial aesthetic - it's created a flagship RDNA 4 PC gaming GPU with a hidden cable design.

As one of the few Radeon RX 9070 XT cards to ship with the new 12V-2x6 connector more commonly found on GeForce RTX cards, the connector is hidden on the back of the GPU. The 3 x 8-pin to 12V-2x6 adaptor sits underneath a magnetic metal backplate. The cable then threads through the rear of the GPU so it can sit behind your motherboard and connect to your PSU out of sight.